Change nephroureteral cath at UPMC Carlisle

361 Alexander Spring Road, Carlisle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1689107328

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$4,905.00

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$8,175.00

Gross charge

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The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,016.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $6,948.75 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $1,077.81 ↓ -78%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,119.97 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,235.77 ↓ -75%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,635.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,635.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,940.05 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,940.05 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare $1,959.65 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $2,043.91 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Medicare $2,057.63 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare $2,057.63 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,096.83 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,116.42 ↓ -57%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $3,135.44 ↓ -36%
Prime Net Legacy Commercial $3,188.25 ↓ -35%
Aetna ACO $3,212.78 ↓ -34%
Prime Net ACO $3,212.78 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,769.98 ↓ -23%
Prime Net NonGateKeeper $3,801.38 ↓ -22%
Prime Net GateKeeper $3,825.90 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $3,825.90 ↓ -22%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $4,471.73 ↓ -9%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $4,471.73 ↓ -9%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $4,471.73 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4,496.25 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4,496.25 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $5,035.00 ↑ +3%
Wellspan Population Health PPO $5,313.75 ↑ +8%
Geisinger Commercial $5,352.99 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue PPO $5,511.71 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,722.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA CHIP - Managed Care $5,744.91 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $6,124.10 ↑ +25%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $6,180.30 ↑ +26%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $6,948.75 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Change nephroureteral cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,823.00 $1,180.85 – $3,764.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,905.00 $1,016.56 – $6,948.75
UPMC East Monroeville $5,475.60 $1,180.85 – $7,300.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,311.00 $1,180.85 – $2,840.52
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,905.00 $1,016.56 – $3,769.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,905.00 $1,016.56 – $3,769.98
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $6,469.20 $1,180.85 – $2,148.31
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $5,810.40 $1,180.85 – $2,148.31

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